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$200 Oil, France Wobbles, Gold Under Pressure – 5 Things I Am Watching Today
1. Saudi Pipeline Hit as Aramco Talks $200 Oil We’re learning that Saudi Arabia’s East-West Pipeline was hit again. As this happened, we also heard an interesting comment from Aramco’s…
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Jobs Disappoint, Diesel Could Bite, & Rates Remain High- 5 Things I Am Watching Today
1. Jobs Disappoint, and the Revisions Are Worse The U.S. reported 29,000 jobs for the month of September, well below expectations. But the most interesting part was what happened in…
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Oil Rips, Gold Slips, Bonds Flash Red – 5 Things I Am Watching Today
1. Peace Deal Rejected, Oil Heats Up Oil prices are rising this morning. If you thought there would be peace going to the weekend, you were wrong. There was a…
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Bonds Flash Warning Signs, Gold at $4,300, Oil Chaos & Hopeful Stocks — 5 Things I Am Watching Today
1. The Bond Market Is Flashing Warning Signs The bond market is showing some signs of stress. Yields are rising across the board, and it’s not just U.S. yields. Global…
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This Won’t End Well – 5 Things I Am Watching Today
1. Yields Are Spiking Everywhere Yields are spiking everywhere. The U.S. 10-year is at 5.14%, while the U.S. 30-year is at 5.40%. Japan’s 10-year is at 3.07%, the highest since…
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TACO, $4,300 Gold Test & Bitcoin– 5 Things I Am Watching Today
1. Is the Market Betting on TACO? The stock market is betting on TACO. Let’s see. Keep in mind, the third quarter is ending in a few days. We get…
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$100K Bitcoin Coming Soon? – 5 Things I Am Watching Today
1. Japan’s Yen Problem Isn’t Going Away The Bank of Japan raised its benchmark interest rate to its highest level since 1995. However, as this happened, the yen depreciated against…
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Fed Hikes, Gold Defends $4,300, Japan Could Shake Markets – 5 Things I Am Watching Today
1. The Fed Hikes Rates — What Happens Next? The Fed hiked rates for the first time in three years. We also learned that the Fed thinks inflation isn’t cooling…
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Lehman’s Collapse, 5% Yields, Dangerous Fed Day? – 5 Things I Am Watching Today
1. Lehman Brothers: 18 Years Later 18 years ago today, Lehman Brothers collapsed. At that time, I was actively trading (very new to the market), and I got to see…
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War, Oil Shock, Soaring Rates – 5 Things I Am Watching Today
1. Inflation Is Back in Focus U.S. consumer inflation comes in at 3.4%. Lots of noise about inflation out there, and rightfully so. Oil prices have soared over the past…
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$100 Oil, Gold Rush, Soaring Rates – 5 Things I Am Watching Today
1. Oil Is Exploding Higher Oil is rising. At the time of writing, WTI is over $95 and Brent is over $100. Who would’ve thought if a bunch of tankers…
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Bank of Canada Holds, Bonds Flashing Red – 5 Things I Am Watching Today
1. Bonds. That’s What Everyone Is Watching. The world is in sync… on the wrong road. There’s a lot of debt out there, and yields are going higher. How does…
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Interest Rates Are Already Up – 5 Things I Am Watching Today
1. The Bond Market Is Already Raising Rates Fact: The Federal Reserve controls/changes one interest rate, and that’s the rate banks lend to each other overnight. The idea is that…
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Nvidia Has To Save AI Trade? – 5 Things I Am Watching Today
1. U.S. Economy Is Slowing — But Consumers Are Still Spending U.S. GDP grew at an annual pace of 1.5% in the second quarter of 2026, down from 2.1% in…
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War Of Words – 5 Things I Am Watching Today
1. Canada-U.S. Trade War Is Getting Worse The trade war between Canada and the U.S. seems to be escalating. The war of words is also escalating — primarily from the…
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